Does anyone else
ever question this? I know I sure
do. Let me explain.
My faith is a pretty
simple faith. I believe the Bible is the
inspired word of God. I believe that God
is who He says He is and I believe that Jesus is who He says He is. I believe that you have to accept Jesus
Christ as your Lord and Savior to get to Heaven. And lastly for now, I believe that God and
Jesus will personally intervene in and guide our lives in even the smallest
decisions if we will only seek them and let them. I believe all of this based on two things.
The first thing I
base it on is what I read in Scripture.
The second thing I base it on is personal life experience. I have experienced it in my own life on a
daily basis. Just last week for example
I had a decision to make on the 21st.
When I got up that morning I was still unsure of what that decision
should be.
That is highly
unusual because I have a very strong faith and I just assume that God provides
me with the guidance as I need it. He
ALWAYS comes through. I'll come back to
the assume part in a minute.
So it was unusual
that I didn't have the answer at the start of the morning. I didn't panic though because I knew that God
would come through. If you look back you
will see my blog that morning was titled "It's all in the
details". The answer that I was
seeking was in the lesson that morning.
It was a different lesson than what I wrote about but the lesson was in
there.
So let's go back to
the assume part. I believe that faith is
like a muscle. The more you use it,
exercise it so to speak, the stronger it gets.
Does that make sense? So the more
I live by faith the easier it is to live by faith.
Again it is a simple
faith. God says He has me covered and I
believe Him. I don't spend a lot of my
prayer time asking for anything other than God's guidance on a daily basis and
I make sure to thank and praise Him for that guidance. And I EXPECT to receive it. It just never even enters my mind that God
won't be guiding me.
And that is what
prompts the question. I worry sometimes
that I take God for granted. But isn't
that exactly what God tells us to do?
Don't worry about things, just lay it all at God's feet in faith?
So far the answer I
keep getting from God when I ask whether I am acting in faith or taking Him for
granted is what seems to be a small chuckle and something like "Dude, as
long as you keep asking that question it shows me your heart is right. I'm sure you are fine for now".
I think implicit in
that answer is a friendly reminder not to stop asking the question. :)
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